Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Edible Book Festival is on Sunday! I hope you're excited about joining us for some delicious fun! It's going to be a really great event this year as we partner with Queen Village Art Center. Here's a "menu" of what we have planned:

Starting at 4pm - Marvel at the smorgasbord of scrumptious volumes and vote for your favorites! Have you entered your "treat"ise into the contest yet? Enter here!

Starting at 4:30pm - Enjoy refreshments while the artists speak about their work! After the votes are tallied, we'll all eat their work too!

At any time during the event, from 4pm-6pm, visit a craft table to make your own edible creations!

Are you crafty, and do you enjoy helping others? We could still use a few volunteers to assist at the craft tables and help with event clean up. If you are interested in lending a hand, please contact Valeria Kremser (and THANKS, in advance)!

Friday, March 16, 2012

Philadelphia Center for the Book and the Queen Village Art Center are happy to announce the Second Annual Edible Book Festival!

The International Edible Book Festival is held annually world-wide on April 1st, partially to celebrate the birthday of French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826), and partially to celebrate the funof eating your own words.

An edible book can be simply defined as an edible object that somehow relates to books. It may integrate text, illustrate literary titles or content, or represent book form. You can read more about edible books at the officialwebsite, www.books2eat.com.

Join us for refreshments, crafts, and, of course, edible books. Vote for your favorite and then eat it! Artists’ talks will take place at 4:30 and, while the votes are being tallied, the eating of the books will begin.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact Valeria Kremser at events@philadelphiacenterforthebook.org